Category Archives: Learning

Sad Bicycle

Last night while playing, Eliza stopped, looked at her new tricycle (which she calls a bicycle) and said: “Mommy, my bicycle is sad.” It took Betsy a few minutes to figure out what she meant, but she was focused on … Continue reading

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Let's Get Physical

IMG_0420, originally uploaded by griffey. Eliza has started catching up with her playmates in terms of physical prowess. Suddenly she wants to climb onto anything and everything: stairs, chairs, boxes, computer monitors daddy leaves lying the floor. It’s a little … Continue reading

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Mommy…out…walk

IMG_0338, originally uploaded by griffey. Eliza is now refusing to be carried, pushed around in a grocery cart, or anything of the sort. She can walk and so she wants to walk. Everywhere. All the time. In the store, she … Continue reading

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You can almost see the wheels turning

IMG_7388.JPG, originally uploaded by griffey. She learns to say new words almost every day. This week, she added “boots” and “apple” to her vocabulary, as well as another classmate’s name, Addy. She can also say “bite,” when she wants a … Continue reading

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Go away cat!

IMG_7382.JPG Originally uploaded by griffey Best story of the week: Betsy was in Eliza’s room with her, reading books. Our two cats, Cola and Hootie, came in to see what was going on, but we don’t usually let them in … Continue reading

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Eliza's words

IMG_7307.JPG, originally uploaded by griffey. For posterity’s sake, and because I love lists, and because I’m procrastinating my work…here is a list of Eliza’s current vocabulary. I think we’re up to around 40 or 50 “words.” And these are just … Continue reading

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She's a Genius!

Just watch this! Oh, wait a minute: Maybe not.

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